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when you have democrats like senator mikulski, you know, hitting you as hard in some cases as republicans, you have a serious issue. and this is an important point to keep in mind. the republicans are being ridiculously hypocritical about this. yes, there are problems with obama care. yes, there are people losing their health care because of changes to the plan to meet aca requirements. but i didn't hear a peep from republicans when these problems were happening across the board to countless americans for years. so yes, there are challenges here, but i always kind of -- you know, you really see the reality where the republicans' position is and what their policies are when they don't offer solutions. they're really good at criticisms. >> go ahead, emily. >> chris, no one was getting letters in the mail for years saying their plans had been canceled or it was doubling. >> that's factually correct. >> okay. who are all those people then, chris? where are you hearing this? no one else seems to know them except you. >> do you actually believe -- >> go ahead, emily. what broo >> what brooke is
when you have democrats like senator mikulski, you know, hitting you as hard in some cases as republicans, you have a serious issue. and this is an important point to keep in mind. the republicans are being ridiculously hypocritical about this. yes, there are problems with obama care. yes, there are people losing their health care because of changes to the plan to meet aca requirements. but i didn't hear a peep from republicans when these problems were happening across the board to countless...
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thank you very much, senator mikulski. i will turn to senator hagan and senator burke for purposes of introduction. you, mr. chairman. it is my pleasure and honor to introduce dr. scott ralls. it is about a 30 minute drive from one of our community colleges from anyplace in the state, and the system has about 800,000 students. alls understands the needs of our students. in 2009, he began an initiative within the system called the with the ultimate goal of fostering students success and completion of the program. it is about more than registering students with -- for classes. it is about helping each student to walk through the door reach their goals. students can earn multiple, nationally recognized industry credentials while working towards a degree. received well-deserved national attention. he has helped make our system one of the best in the nation. employers in the state tell me they come to north carolina because of our strong community college system and the work ethic of our employees and our workers. i can proudly
thank you very much, senator mikulski. i will turn to senator hagan and senator burke for purposes of introduction. you, mr. chairman. it is my pleasure and honor to introduce dr. scott ralls. it is about a 30 minute drive from one of our community colleges from anyplace in the state, and the system has about 800,000 students. alls understands the needs of our students. in 2009, he began an initiative within the system called the with the ultimate goal of fostering students success and...
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barbara mikulski picks up her blackberry looks at it and then starts yelling at rosie from the dais. my heart almost stops re- watching it. of the extent to which the conversation has become the central political conversation. love it or hate it. basicgument that they kinds of things people want to share, news travels on twitter. -- the kindher time of things that people like to share. they are basically the kinds of things that most of us got into the business to do. get smartops, to analysis. the things you do not see people sharing our here is an aggregate version of a story someone broke two hours ago. that is what search engines dominated when everyone was trying to do. a lot of what we have been investing in, and what we find greatcessful is hiring reporters to go out and get stories and take things that are not yet on the internet and put them on the internet essentially, of which these are some examples. it is true. these are great for be reporters. these of vertical eyes conversations among experts and players. whether it is the scoop about how a tv show fell apart or about
barbara mikulski picks up her blackberry looks at it and then starts yelling at rosie from the dais. my heart almost stops re- watching it. of the extent to which the conversation has become the central political conversation. love it or hate it. basicgument that they kinds of things people want to share, news travels on twitter. -- the kindher time of things that people like to share. they are basically the kinds of things that most of us got into the business to do. get smartops, to analysis....
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the crisis of confidence that senator mikulski talked about. in addition to those people, i want to know about the administration's plan to reach out to those americans who individually purchased lands are being canceled by the companies. there is a story in our people a 56-year-tle about old woman who received one of those cancellation notices and like a lot of other people who was told to blame the affordable care act in that letter. of course, she was not told that if she accessed the aca marketplace it could save her and her family thousands of dollars and provide her with upgraded, more comprehensive health-care coverage. a similar story, and that is an important reminder that it will be an uphill battle against some political and industry interests to get those individuals good information, that have received those letters, and i wanted to know what you are doing to get information out of those people whose policies have been canceled. >> this is actually a conversation we are having today we have ato we -- consumer assistance program wit
the crisis of confidence that senator mikulski talked about. in addition to those people, i want to know about the administration's plan to reach out to those americans who individually purchased lands are being canceled by the companies. there is a story in our people a 56-year-tle about old woman who received one of those cancellation notices and like a lot of other people who was told to blame the affordable care act in that letter. of course, she was not told that if she accessed the aca...
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. >> senator mikulski. >> good morning, administrator tavener. i'm glad to see you and i hope you are doing well. we are very proud of the fact that cms is headquartered in maryland. there are thousands of people who work there every day and in every way are trying to make sure that medicare, medicaid, and obama care is delivered effectively and efficiently. have beenh you revenue starved, and kind of battered around in the failure to confirm permanent and ministers. -- permanent administrators. but we will put this aside for this conversation. because the launching of the affordable care act has been more than bumpy. i believe there has been a crisis of confidence created in this functional nature of the website, the canceling of policies, and sticker shock from some people. in my own state of maryland it was also bumpy. i read in the baltimore sun this morning that 73,000 marylander'' policies will be canceled. there has been fear, doubt, and the crisis of confidence. let me get to where i am, because it is not to finger point, but to pinpoint.
. >> senator mikulski. >> good morning, administrator tavener. i'm glad to see you and i hope you are doing well. we are very proud of the fact that cms is headquartered in maryland. there are thousands of people who work there every day and in every way are trying to make sure that medicare, medicaid, and obama care is delivered effectively and efficiently. have beenh you revenue starved, and kind of battered around in the failure to confirm permanent and ministers. -- permanent...
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the senate appropriations chairwoman, barbara mikulski, the house appropriations chairman, how rogers are among the appropriators pushing for -- wishing very hard for a top line agreement on the overall discretionary spending number by early december. their hope is to write a big omnibus spending bill for the if entire federal -- for the entire federal government, rather than a stopgap resolution which appropriators hate to do, bouncing month a month, threatening to shut down. they are not able to set priorities legislatively. the hope is they reach a deal on the overall spending level. if they do, it will make their jobs easier. >> when mitch mcconnell came over to speak to the house republicans tuesday, what did they hear specifically about the budget negotiations? >> he said that we should stick to the budget control act levels. meaning in the new fiscal year, after january 15, when the new round of sequestration takes effect, it would lessen the overall federal spending to $967 billion. he really wants to stick to that number. the issue, though, is those sequestration cuts come fr
the senate appropriations chairwoman, barbara mikulski, the house appropriations chairman, how rogers are among the appropriators pushing for -- wishing very hard for a top line agreement on the overall discretionary spending number by early december. their hope is to write a big omnibus spending bill for the if entire federal -- for the entire federal government, rather than a stopgap resolution which appropriators hate to do, bouncing month a month, threatening to shut down. they are not able...
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the white house meeting came as democrats have grown concerned barbarae rollout with mikulski of maryland saying the problems had created a crisis of confidence. president obama is scheduled to speak in dallas in about 25 minutes. we'll have live coverage of his remarks when we have them. was on capitolus hill today talking about the health care law. here is what she said as we wait for the president. the websitele think should be shut down until it is totally fixed. why keep limping along? down andust to shut it put it together the way it should be? your fixesointed out tend to have unintended consequences down the road. even after all of the fixes have been made and people ask why hasn't that happened? when there is a security that is a bad media campaign. it is negative. it hurts you. why not have one bad story and fix it all and everything is however long it takes, several weeks, a month, who knows? and then look back on that date when it is working well. you have indicated it delays health care for a lot of people. one moreate that but time, why not just get it done right? i have a s
the white house meeting came as democrats have grown concerned barbarae rollout with mikulski of maryland saying the problems had created a crisis of confidence. president obama is scheduled to speak in dallas in about 25 minutes. we'll have live coverage of his remarks when we have them. was on capitolus hill today talking about the health care law. here is what she said as we wait for the president. the websitele think should be shut down until it is totally fixed. why keep limping along?...
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>> the senate appropriations chairwoman, barbara mikulski. house appropriations chairman hal rogers, are among those pushing very hard to get a top line agreement on the overall discretionary spending number by early december. they're hoping that they can write a big omnibus spending bill for the entire federal government rather than a straight line stopgap continuing resolution which appropriators hate to do, when you bounce from month to month and threat ton shut down. they're not able to set their priorities legislatively. the hope is that they could reach a deal on the overall spending level and if they do it will make their job easier. host: when senate republican leader mitch mcconnel came over to speak to republicans on tuesday, what did they hear about the negotiations? what did he tell them? guest: he said the party should stick to the budget control act levels, meaning in the new fiscal year, after january 15, when the new round of sequestration takes effect, it would drop -- it would lessen overall federal spending to $957 billion.
>> the senate appropriations chairwoman, barbara mikulski. house appropriations chairman hal rogers, are among those pushing very hard to get a top line agreement on the overall discretionary spending number by early december. they're hoping that they can write a big omnibus spending bill for the entire federal government rather than a straight line stopgap continuing resolution which appropriators hate to do, when you bounce from month to month and threat ton shut down. they're not able...
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customer service element is an enormously important so we do not face the crisis of confidence senator mikulski talked about. that should be job number one, to figure out that people -- but the politics aside. whether people sitting at their kitchen table can decide and evaluate for themselves whether this is a better deal or not for them. in colorado, as you know, we set up our own exchange. one of the things i have been told is that people have to go through 20 pages to have a determination made about the medicaid eligibility before they can actually get access to the private marketplace. and there has been some suggestion that that has been required by the federal government. i don't know whether that is true or not, but i wonder whether you can enlighten me on that or shed some light on it and whether we can figure out how to work together to make that less of a burden to people. he cause it seems to me that customer service friendly website would say -- if you think you might be eligible for medicaid, click here. take me through that. but for somebody he knows they are not eligible, to ski
customer service element is an enormously important so we do not face the crisis of confidence senator mikulski talked about. that should be job number one, to figure out that people -- but the politics aside. whether people sitting at their kitchen table can decide and evaluate for themselves whether this is a better deal or not for them. in colorado, as you know, we set up our own exchange. one of the things i have been told is that people have to go through 20 pages to have a determination...
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rogers and is and senator mikulski, chairs of the appropriations committee, hoped they'd get a number early on. that's why the 22nd would have been a preferable date so that is a day we can mark bills. obviously if there is no agreement on the 302-a, as the gentleman knows, very difficult to try to bring those bills together in a conference because they're so far apart. so i'm very hopeful that the majority leader will use his good offices to urge resolution of the budget conference differences and a report out as soon as possible so that we can get to that process. the gentleman, i'm sure, shares my view that the shutting down of government is extraordinarily disruptive, both to the general public and to those who work for the federal government. so that it would be incumbent upon us, i think, to try to get out of this gridlock on the budget process that we've been in. so i would urge him to exercise whatever -- and he has substantial influence to try to get us to a resolution of this issue. i will tell him i will do the same. another issue which you did not mention, mr. leader, is i
rogers and is and senator mikulski, chairs of the appropriations committee, hoped they'd get a number early on. that's why the 22nd would have been a preferable date so that is a day we can mark bills. obviously if there is no agreement on the 302-a, as the gentleman knows, very difficult to try to bring those bills together in a conference because they're so far apart. so i'm very hopeful that the majority leader will use his good offices to urge resolution of the budget conference differences...
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rogershow waters -- hal and mikulski have asked volunteers to give a top lane than theevel no later 22nd. i understand the deadline if these 13, but we need that topline appropriations number before december 13. so we can go about complete in our appropriations work. again, i do not know what the budget thanks, conferees are going to be together, but i hope they can come to an agreement. i'm not trying to raise expectations realistically. i'm not talking about a grand bargain, but at least let us go about our work. that is essential. that is the one thing that the budget conference must to do. come to that topline number. so come january 15 one way at the next expiration funding for the government that we will not run into the same problem. host: how difficult is it for the two sides to come together on a top number? and what does a top number mean for sequestration? guest: that is the other issue they will discuss. if they want to come to an agreement, the conferees may try to rebalance the sequester, in other words, get the same amount of cuts, but try to move those guys from the discr
rogershow waters -- hal and mikulski have asked volunteers to give a top lane than theevel no later 22nd. i understand the deadline if these 13, but we need that topline appropriations number before december 13. so we can go about complete in our appropriations work. again, i do not know what the budget thanks, conferees are going to be together, but i hope they can come to an agreement. i'm not trying to raise expectations realistically. i'm not talking about a grand bargain, but at least let...
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rogers and is and senator mikulski, chairs of the appropriations committee, hoped they'd get a number early on. that's why the 22nd would have been a preferable date so that is a day we can mark bills. obviously if there is no agreement on the 302-a, as the gentleman knows, very difficult to try to bring those bills together in a conference because they're so far apart. so i'm very hopeful that the majority leader will use his good offices to urge resolution of the budget conference differences and a report out as soon as possible so that we can get to that process. the gentleman, i'm sure, shares my view that the shutting down of government is extraordinarily disruptive, both to the general public and to those who work for the federal government. so that it would be incumbent upon us, i think, to try to get out of this gridlock on the budget process that we've been in. so i would urge him to exercise whatever -- and he has substantial influence to try to get us to a resolution of this issue. i will tell him i will do the same. another issue which you did not mention, mr. leader, is i
rogers and is and senator mikulski, chairs of the appropriations committee, hoped they'd get a number early on. that's why the 22nd would have been a preferable date so that is a day we can mark bills. obviously if there is no agreement on the 302-a, as the gentleman knows, very difficult to try to bring those bills together in a conference because they're so far apart. so i'm very hopeful that the majority leader will use his good offices to urge resolution of the budget conference differences...
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mikulski: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from maryland. ms. mikulski: mr. president, today we of course are beginning the debate on the national defense authorization act. throughout the next hour and throughout the rest of the day, you will see the women of the senate take the floor, one, in support of our military, but also to express their concern and their ideas on how to deal with sexual violence in the military. you will see in the next hour our ideas, the fact that we have excellent ideas in the bill, and then we will have a robust debate on how to even further enhance this process. this is a compelling national problem. when you join the military and you face the enemy, you shouldn't have to fear the enemy within. no woman should be a victim of rape by a fellow disaster or seaman or corpsman. no man should face the same sexual attack and call it hazing. there is no place in the united states military of violence -- for violence against one member of the military by another. now, i'm pretty fed up. i'm fed up with lip service and empty promises and z
mikulski: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from maryland. ms. mikulski: mr. president, today we of course are beginning the debate on the national defense authorization act. throughout the next hour and throughout the rest of the day, you will see the women of the senate take the floor, one, in support of our military, but also to express their concern and their ideas on how to deal with sexual violence in the military. you will see in the next hour our ideas, the fact that we...
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mikulski: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from maryland. ms. mikulski: mr. president, i ask that the call of the quorum be scraicted. the presiding officer: without objection. ms. murkowski: mr. president, what is the pending business before -- ms. mikulski: mr. president, what is the pending business before the senate? the presiding officer: we're on the motion to proceed to s. 815. ms. mikulski: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent to speak 10 minutes as if in morning business. the presiding officer: without objection. ms. mikulski: thank you very much. mr. president, i come to the floor today to really speak about how we could avoid another shutdown of our government and also even more important, avoid another shutdown or slowdown of our economy and that's how we in the congress, both sides of the aisle, both sides of the dome need to work to arrive at a budget agreement and then an appropriations agreement for the rest of the fiscal year. earlier today on the floor, we heard from the distinguished chair of the budget committee, the gentlelady from wash
mikulski: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from maryland. ms. mikulski: mr. president, i ask that the call of the quorum be scraicted. the presiding officer: without objection. ms. murkowski: mr. president, what is the pending business before -- ms. mikulski: mr. president, what is the pending business before the senate? the presiding officer: we're on the motion to proceed to s. 815. ms. mikulski: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent to speak 10 minutes as if in morning...
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if there's anyone that can figure this out, it's senator mikulski. so as one of our subcommittee chairs, i want to be here to support her work. i'm the chair of the homeland security committee and just add my voice to how important it is for us over these next few weeks to get a budget resolution done. senator murray has passed a budget on this side. we're finally, after the recklessness of a government shutdown, finally everyone has come to our senses and we're now in conference, budget committee. we've got to get that budget number done. so that once we agree on what the topline spending is, or the budget for the country, we can then go about building the 14 bills that actually run the department of defense, the department of homeland security, department of education. there are a couple of things that i want to say. i'm going to speak from this text for a moment and then file the rest for the -- for the record. but the important thing -- the important reason for congress to adopt a budget resolution would be for us as i said, to provide some stabi
if there's anyone that can figure this out, it's senator mikulski. so as one of our subcommittee chairs, i want to be here to support her work. i'm the chair of the homeland security committee and just add my voice to how important it is for us over these next few weeks to get a budget resolution done. senator murray has passed a budget on this side. we're finally, after the recklessness of a government shutdown, finally everyone has come to our senses and we're now in conference, budget...
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mikulski: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from maryland. ms. mikulski: mr. president, with the outgoing statement by the gentlelady of massachusetts, we are concluding the time that the women of the senate have taken on a bipartisan basis to speak out against sexual assault in the military and to speak for the 30 reforms that we all have agreed upon on a bipartisan basis that will enable prosecutorial reform, help to the victims, guarantee the fairness for the process and make sure that if you come forward, that you will not be retaliated against, you will not be ignored. but if you're also accused, you will get a fair process. i'm really proud of the way the seven women on the armed services committee led this, and then joined by the rest of us -- social workers, advocates, former attorneys general are here. and we couldn't have done it, though, without the very good men on the committee, particularly the chairmanship of senator levin and the help of senator inhofe. and i note the gentleman from rhode island is here, senator reed. we want to thank him for h
mikulski: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from maryland. ms. mikulski: mr. president, with the outgoing statement by the gentlelady of massachusetts, we are concluding the time that the women of the senate have taken on a bipartisan basis to speak out against sexual assault in the military and to speak for the 30 reforms that we all have agreed upon on a bipartisan basis that will enable prosecutorial reform, help to the victims, guarantee the fairness for the process and make...
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as i say, with senator mikulski particularly the role that she has played as chair of the appropriations committee, i think we've got a chance to jump-start the broader debate about intelligence, we've got a chance to set the record straight about some of the comments that the intelligence leadership has made in the past that are either wrong, misleading, or kind of shrouded in intelligence-speak that's almost incomprehensible lingo that you try to sort through in terms of what they have to say, and i'm very hopeful that the senate will want to join senator udall, senator mikulski, myself, i snow senator blumenthal and others are interested in it, in taking the next logical, common step approach in terms of intelligence reform and that is to come out foursquare for this approach which i'd like to state does not ban any collection tool at all that is now used by the government but it requires that thereby basic -- there be basic transparency and accountability in how they're used. that is long overdue and let me have my friend and colleague from colorado wrap up and express to him how muc
as i say, with senator mikulski particularly the role that she has played as chair of the appropriations committee, i think we've got a chance to jump-start the broader debate about intelligence, we've got a chance to set the record straight about some of the comments that the intelligence leadership has made in the past that are either wrong, misleading, or kind of shrouded in intelligence-speak that's almost incomprehensible lingo that you try to sort through in terms of what they have to...
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this is a reform that senator mikulski has been advocating for years. and i think this, too, allows us to have a more vigorous and more open debate about these issues. and the reality is, mr. president, the thousands and thousands of americans who work in the intelligence field honor our nation day in and day out with their dedication and their commitment to the security of our country, but as the senator from colorado has noted, too often in the past, too often the leadership of the intelligence community has said one thing in private and another in public, and if our amendment that we put together with senator mikulski passes, there would be a new focus on transparency, and i think creates some very serious obstacles to those who might want to engage in the kind of deceptions that the senator from colorado noted and we've seen in our hearings. i'd like to yield back and we'll wrap up our colloquy here shortly. mr. udall: again, i want to thank senator wyden for his leadership and for taking the time to join me here on the floor. as the senator pointed
this is a reform that senator mikulski has been advocating for years. and i think this, too, allows us to have a more vigorous and more open debate about these issues. and the reality is, mr. president, the thousands and thousands of americans who work in the intelligence field honor our nation day in and day out with their dedication and their commitment to the security of our country, but as the senator from colorado has noted, too often in the past, too often the leadership of the...
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i'd like to thank senators mikulski and collins for organizing today's floor speeches. the cumulative total of these changes represent true progress in eliminating the tragedy and scourge of sexual assault in our military. and i once again thank my colleagues for their bipartisan work. and yield back. >> mr. president? >> senator from missouri. >> i, too, want to thank my colleagues, senator mikulski and senator collins, for making an effort today to highlight the work that has been done on this important issue. i would be less than candid if i didn't say it has been frustrating to have one policy difference dominate the discussion of in this issue over -- of this issue over the previous few weeks without anyone even realizing the historic reforms that are contained in this bill with. and so i welcome the opportunity to come with my colleagues who may disagree on one policy issue, but don't agree -- don't disagree on the goal and are taking a moment to recognize the work that has been put into this bill by not just the women of the armed services committee, but the also
i'd like to thank senators mikulski and collins for organizing today's floor speeches. the cumulative total of these changes represent true progress in eliminating the tragedy and scourge of sexual assault in our military. and i once again thank my colleagues for their bipartisan work. and yield back. >> mr. president? >> senator from missouri. >> i, too, want to thank my colleagues, senator mikulski and senator collins, for making an effort today to highlight the work that...
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>> a senator from missouri. >> i would like to thank my colleagues, senator mikulski and senator collins for making an effort to highlight the work that has been done on this important issue and i would be less than candid to have one policy different dominate the discussion of this issue over the previous few weeks without anyone even realizing that historic reforms that are contained in this bill and i welcome the opportunity to come with my colleagues who may disagree on one policy issue but do not agree -- but they don't disagree on the goal and are taking a moment to recognize the work that has been put into this bill by not just the women of the armed services committee, but also the men of the armed services committee. after the hearings on some of us have spent hundreds of hours poring over the transcripts and spending time visiting with prosecutors, i believe that we have fashioned historic and amazing changes that will forever change the successful prosecution of rapists and our military and go further to protect victims as well. i come to this issue with a great deal of experi
>> a senator from missouri. >> i would like to thank my colleagues, senator mikulski and senator collins for making an effort to highlight the work that has been done on this important issue and i would be less than candid to have one policy different dominate the discussion of this issue over the previous few weeks without anyone even realizing that historic reforms that are contained in this bill and i welcome the opportunity to come with my colleagues who may disagree on one...
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and on this side of the aisle, chairman mikulski has been a strong voice echoing -- not only echoing but asserting that position constantly. burr we can't get rid of sequestration with spending cuts alone. we can't cut our way to prosperity. revenue has to be part of the solution. in fact, as we have done over the last several years, we have cut discretionary spending dramatically. we are down to not fat but bone, and so we need additional revenues. but there is some good news. there are some loopholes, egregious loopholes that in and of themselves should be closed, regardless if we were dealing with an issue of deficit and sequestration, they are just not appropriate, they are not efficient. they don't add to the overall economic productivity of the country. they do benefit very narrow interests. and so it comes down i think to whether my colleagues on the other side of the aisle are willing to see these special preferences prevail or whether the national economy and the families across this country will benefit. we have to move forward. we have to emphasize things that will help us
and on this side of the aisle, chairman mikulski has been a strong voice echoing -- not only echoing but asserting that position constantly. burr we can't get rid of sequestration with spending cuts alone. we can't cut our way to prosperity. revenue has to be part of the solution. in fact, as we have done over the last several years, we have cut discretionary spending dramatically. we are down to not fat but bone, and so we need additional revenues. but there is some good news. there are some...
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let me also spend a couple of minutes here thanking chairwoman mikulski. she has a tough job as chairwoman of the appropriations committee and she's an example of someone who really is determined to work together to get things done, trying to get the appropriations process back on track. no doubt it's been sidetracked this year and in recent years. this year we've seen what i would term an irresponsible few, especially down on the house side blowing up the farm bill, pushing for shutting down the government, getting us in a bad place on the debt ceiling, not trying to do the blame game but i know chairwoman mikulski is fighting very, very hard to put an end to that and we need to get back to our number-one priority. that should be growing our economy and creating jobs. there's lots of ways we can do that but one of those ways is through the appropriation process by investing in infrastructure. we can make responsible, targeted investments in our future with the right kind of spending on infrastructure, whether it's roadways or airports or schools, centers
let me also spend a couple of minutes here thanking chairwoman mikulski. she has a tough job as chairwoman of the appropriations committee and she's an example of someone who really is determined to work together to get things done, trying to get the appropriations process back on track. no doubt it's been sidetracked this year and in recent years. this year we've seen what i would term an irresponsible few, especially down on the house side blowing up the farm bill, pushing for shutting down...
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. >> in the opening statements in the hearing today, barbara mikulski a supporter of the health care law said that she believes it is facing a crisis because of the website, because of cancellation notices and she even mentioned the sticker shock if you look at the difference between what they had and the new premiums. do you believe that she is onto something. it does this come from the crisis of confidence? >> we share senator mikulski's frustration with the problems that we have seen in the rollout which have been focused on the problems of the website. >> [inaudible] >> some of these other problems are exacerbated by the fundamental problem with the website for example when you get a letter received a letter but you haven't been able to go on line and you didn't know that you could call and find out to get information about what plans are available to you and all you know is perhaps what your insurance companies told you which is just the premium cost of alternative without any information about whether you qualify for a subsidy it may come as concerning news to you because that
. >> in the opening statements in the hearing today, barbara mikulski a supporter of the health care law said that she believes it is facing a crisis because of the website, because of cancellation notices and she even mentioned the sticker shock if you look at the difference between what they had and the new premiums. do you believe that she is onto something. it does this come from the crisis of confidence? >> we share senator mikulski's frustration with the problems that we have...
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mexico, begich, schatz, franken, boxer, durbin, coons, baldwin, stabenow, cardin, whitehouse, murray, mikulski, gillibrand, harkin. mr. reid: i ask the mandatory quorum under rule 22 under rule 22 be waived. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection, so ordered. mr. reid: i move to proceed to legislative session. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion. all in favor say aye. those opposed. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the motion is agreed to. mr. reid: so, mr. president, if i understand h.r. 3804 is now the pending matter? the presiding officer: the senator is correct. mr. reid: i have a cloture motion with respect to the bill which is at the desk. the presiding officer: the clerk will report the cloture motion. the clerk: we the undersigned senators in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate hereby move to bring to a close the debate on h.r. 3204 an act to amend the federal food, drug and cosmetic act and so forth and for other purposes. signed by 17 senators as follows --. mr. reid: i ask unanimous cons
mexico, begich, schatz, franken, boxer, durbin, coons, baldwin, stabenow, cardin, whitehouse, murray, mikulski, gillibrand, harkin. mr. reid: i ask the mandatory quorum under rule 22 under rule 22 be waived. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection, so ordered. mr. reid: i move to proceed to legislative session. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion. all in favor say aye. those opposed. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the motion is agreed to....
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murray and mikulski are leading the way on the negotiations going forward. so the women in the senate while only 20% of the senate, we have an outsize role when it comes to some of these chairmanships and other things. i guess it's because we keep getting elected. and to sit in the chairman -- i'm sure that the joint economic committee on the senate side. i goat go to chairman lunches. and to see all the women in leadership roles. it makes a big difference. what susan said is true. you look at the violence against women act. the women in the senate every single one of us voted for the bill. that is what broke the dam so the house adopted some of the provisions in the senate bill that were important to protect triable women and other things. it's been happening time and time again. where things are going pretty bad and the women are able to step in and i hope we see more and more of it in the future. i i esspecially we see on the judge conformation going forward. >> yeah. >> we're not letting poor john -- >> just one quick comment on that. amy raised an impor
murray and mikulski are leading the way on the negotiations going forward. so the women in the senate while only 20% of the senate, we have an outsize role when it comes to some of these chairmanships and other things. i guess it's because we keep getting elected. and to sit in the chairman -- i'm sure that the joint economic committee on the senate side. i goat go to chairman lunches. and to see all the women in leadership roles. it makes a big difference. what susan said is true. you look at...
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balanced budget deal that repeals sequester and allows the appropriations committee ably led by chairman mikulski, to move forward with an omnibus appropriations bill for this fiscal year. we cannot afford, in my view, another long-term continuing resolution at the current sequester levels. as we heard today from dr. elmendorf and as we've heard from other sources, the sequester will have killed 750,000 jobs by the end of the year and next year these ongoing, steady, grinding cuts could kill another 800,000. these are jobs, these are investments by the federal government that could be helping the private sector create jobs and repairing our crumbling infrastructure. in delaware alone we have 175 deficient bridges being neglected. these are jobs that help families to put food on the table. in kent county, delaware, sequester has hurt those who serve our nation, who operate the base, who serve our country valiantly. the these are jobs that could be going to help research a cure for cancer. n.i.h. supported more than 500 jobs in delaware in 2011 and now cuts are costing those jobs and setting us bac
balanced budget deal that repeals sequester and allows the appropriations committee ably led by chairman mikulski, to move forward with an omnibus appropriations bill for this fiscal year. we cannot afford, in my view, another long-term continuing resolution at the current sequester levels. as we heard today from dr. elmendorf and as we've heard from other sources, the sequester will have killed 750,000 jobs by the end of the year and next year these ongoing, steady, grinding cuts could kill...
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record of their preceding includes a letter submitted by the appropriation committee chair senator mikulski and representative rogers along with a statement by each calling for sequestration to be replaced. >> without objection. >> as we are all keenly aware january 15 is the deadline for passing legislation to keep the government running. the shutdown caused the our economy 120,000 jobs, the billions in economic activity tree this conference committee must be successful in reaching an agreement on a funding level for fiscal year 2014 with enough time for delta pass before before january 15 and a funding level for fiscal year 15 so we avoid another dysfunctional, unrealistic budget and appropriaappropria tions process in just a few months as noted in the letter from appropriations chairs. there is also bipartisan demand for us to end the sequester as mr. rogers has said. sequestration and i quote is unrealistic, ill-conceived discretionary cuts must be brought to an end. the cbo has repeatedly noticed noted the sequester will cost our economy an estimated 800,000 more jobs than 2014 alone.
record of their preceding includes a letter submitted by the appropriation committee chair senator mikulski and representative rogers along with a statement by each calling for sequestration to be replaced. >> without objection. >> as we are all keenly aware january 15 is the deadline for passing legislation to keep the government running. the shutdown caused the our economy 120,000 jobs, the billions in economic activity tree this conference committee must be successful in reaching...
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bipartisan reform, and there are already several reforms in this bill that we're very proud of, and senator mikulski is organizing us tomorrow to talk about those reforms. this is one more that we can add. and in closing my remarks tonight, i want to take on the issue of the gillibrand amendment, number 2099. i am so very proud to stand here in support of kirsten gillibrand's amendment, and with a very bipartisan group of colleagues. colleagues that perhaps don't agree on much. when i'm on the same side with ted cruz, that's something, right? when kirsten gillibrand is on the same side as rand paul, that's quite something. and it goes on and on down the line. we have senator grassley's support. by the way, 17 of the 20 women support the gillibrand amendment. i hope that's a message. that is the right way to go. and i'm going to explain it. now, my involvement in this is deep and long. 20 years ago, we were all outraged to learn that nearly 100 women and men had been sexually harassed and assaulted by a group of naval aviators during a convention of the tailhook association. i think a lot of us remem
bipartisan reform, and there are already several reforms in this bill that we're very proud of, and senator mikulski is organizing us tomorrow to talk about those reforms. this is one more that we can add. and in closing my remarks tonight, i want to take on the issue of the gillibrand amendment, number 2099. i am so very proud to stand here in support of kirsten gillibrand's amendment, and with a very bipartisan group of colleagues. colleagues that perhaps don't agree on much. when i'm on the...
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i tried to correct it with barbara mikulski and i spent a fair amount of time on this when we chaired a committee together. i was chairman, she was ranking. those are the good old days. that's the way it should be today. i'm kidding. i didn't say that, barbara. she's a good member of the senate. she's very aggressive on this issue. but breaking down the stovepipes is hard. and getting the cross-fertilization is difficult but we all know it needs to occur and we need to know it has to be proper sharing and congress has had a couple good bills that have made it all the way through, and we need to get something done. >> this is a good weapons segue into the political questions. you've called senator ted cruz incredibly self-destructive for the gop. what can and should the gop leadership due to the medicine let's give it does have a powerful base of support outside of the senate? >> well, obviously i'm not speaking here as ceo of sifma but speaking as republican. former republican office holder from new hampshire. you can do anything about a member of the senate to say things and you shou
i tried to correct it with barbara mikulski and i spent a fair amount of time on this when we chaired a committee together. i was chairman, she was ranking. those are the good old days. that's the way it should be today. i'm kidding. i didn't say that, barbara. she's a good member of the senate. she's very aggressive on this issue. but breaking down the stovepipes is hard. and getting the cross-fertilization is difficult but we all know it needs to occur and we need to know it has to be proper...
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jon: juan, when you hear people like senator barbara mikulski of maryland who has been a supporter of the program and saying this thing has been so badly handled that she believes there is going to be a crisis of confidence and people just aren't going to want to enroll. if you're in the white house, that can not sound good. >> no. and, that is the price, that is the real price here. once we get away from all the theatrics jon, the real prices people saying hey, this thing is not working. an excuse not to get involved, or think it is just too difficult for me. if you think, oh, fee, why should i bother? it is not working i put off to another day. they want people to have a positive can-do attitude towards it. i think that is why you hear democrats like ma cull can i, democrats like ron wyden of oregon, get away from the republican democrat. do what is right for the american people and fix this thing and fix it now. that pragmatic attitude is what you're hearing from democrats who are trying to be supportive. jon: all right. but republicans it should be pointed out didn't vote for the
jon: juan, when you hear people like senator barbara mikulski of maryland who has been a supporter of the program and saying this thing has been so badly handled that she believes there is going to be a crisis of confidence and people just aren't going to want to enroll. if you're in the white house, that can not sound good. >> no. and, that is the price, that is the real price here. once we get away from all the theatrics jon, the real prices people saying hey, this thing is not working....
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senator barbara mikulski of maryland--says 73,000 people in her district are losing their health insurance because their policies don't meet the standards set by the affordable care act and will need to shop for insurance on the website. kentucky is on the sucess stories. with more than 1,000 residents signing up each day since october 1st on the state's site "kynect." there are hints that the justice department is close to a deal to allow a merger between american and u.s. airways after all. the doj wants the two airliners to give up landing slots at "key" u.s. airports as a condition to drop its lawsuit seeking to block the merger of the two companies. attorney general eric holder told reuters that he is in talks with the two airlines and is hopeful an agreement may be reached before the case goes to trial, later this month. in greece -- the citizens remain at odds over the budget. on the heels of its second bailout inspection, the country is bracing for widespread protests today. officials say greece is facing a 500 million euro budget gap in 2014. troika officials are pushing for more
senator barbara mikulski of maryland--says 73,000 people in her district are losing their health insurance because their policies don't meet the standards set by the affordable care act and will need to shop for insurance on the website. kentucky is on the sucess stories. with more than 1,000 residents signing up each day since october 1st on the state's site "kynect." there are hints that the justice department is close to a deal to allow a merger between american and u.s. airways...
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. >> in your column you wrote about senator barbara mikulski who said there's a crisis of confidence. how do you get the confidence back of the american people and how do you get credibility back? >> the administration hopes this is a step in the right direction by providing at least an apology for those most aggrieved about what's happening in their personal lives because of this. but the administration knows they have to fix this. >> was that apology enough major? >> the voters will determine that. right now the white house knows it's under pressure. this is a debate that went on through the west wing for an entire week. mr. president, what are we going to do this statement you made are we going to retract it will you apologize for it? yesterday the answer came on that. now they have to fix that. when will you tell the nation what this fix looks like. tomorrow would be better but it probably won't be that fast. >> midterms coming up before you know it. >> sure. >> can they get anything done right now while this is going on? >> done right now is an interesting question. many in the w
. >> in your column you wrote about senator barbara mikulski who said there's a crisis of confidence. how do you get the confidence back of the american people and how do you get credibility back? >> the administration hopes this is a step in the right direction by providing at least an apology for those most aggrieved about what's happening in their personal lives because of this. but the administration knows they have to fix this. >> was that apology enough major? >>...
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. >> we have barbara mikulski, the chairman of the senate appropriations committee, a lawyer -- a loyal white house supporter, saying this is a crisis of confidence. she is reflecting the feelings of people like kay hagan, going for reelection in north carolina. these are people really and terror. -- really in terror. i think it is safe to say without too much of a reach the sense of dissatisfaction, the dysfunction of the federal government as witnessed by the rollout coupled with the oftdown contributed to loss referendum questions in states like colorado. the hemorrhaging of confidence in the public sector. theot to mention to come to led by the president of the united states. >> exactly. >> the last two presidents and the presidents even before them have abrogated more and more hours to the white house. so, you have all of this power and no apparatus to carry it out . it is absolutely obvious. is notg about obamacare a staph problem. it is a presidential problem. >> let me refer you to something from "politico" lit last week. from the moment the health care of the announced, years r
. >> we have barbara mikulski, the chairman of the senate appropriations committee, a lawyer -- a loyal white house supporter, saying this is a crisis of confidence. she is reflecting the feelings of people like kay hagan, going for reelection in north carolina. these are people really and terror. -- really in terror. i think it is safe to say without too much of a reach the sense of dissatisfaction, the dysfunction of the federal government as witnessed by the rollout coupled with the...
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and another thing barbara mikulski says i think the website is question confusing. it crashed again yesterday. it's been downightly to make sure they can get the glitches done. there's been a promise made, as you know, that all of that will be fixed by the end of the month. how confident are you about that? >> i'm confident from the information that i get from the administration as a member of congress that the tech surge and the triage that is being done on that website is going to substantially, if not completely address the problems with the website by the end of november, and that has to be done. let's make sure that we separate the two issues here. the website needs to be fixed. no one is more upset about the problems that occurred than president obama, and he has personally weighed in and made sure that those website issues are going to get addressed. and let's separate that from whether or not americans believe that we should continue to fully implement the affordable care act and its provisions, like making sure that you can access to preventive care without
and another thing barbara mikulski says i think the website is question confusing. it crashed again yesterday. it's been downightly to make sure they can get the glitches done. there's been a promise made, as you know, that all of that will be fixed by the end of the month. how confident are you about that? >> i'm confident from the information that i get from the administration as a member of congress that the tech surge and the triage that is being done on that website is going to...
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senator barbara mikulski said it was a concern of conscience. and she said if young people don't come to this website and just kind of write it off as being broken, this thing won't even be able to be paid for. so there are a lot more problems right now with this site than republican criticism. and with some of the messaging the white house has put out. so republicans -- could just be quiet and let this happen. >> but is that going to be enough? at the end of the day, people do want to be insured against catastrophic health emergencies. are republicans going to be able to dine out on the website forever? don't they have to say they actually do care about getting people insurance? >> well, when you do -- >> they don't care, joy. >> when you talk to republicans, they do have plans out there. they're not necessarily pushing them right now. because it would be a nonissue. the president is not going to repeal the affordable care act. he's not going to sign anything, it's not going to get passed in the senate. we saw them vote 40 times to repeal in th
senator barbara mikulski said it was a concern of conscience. and she said if young people don't come to this website and just kind of write it off as being broken, this thing won't even be able to be paid for. so there are a lot more problems right now with this site than republican criticism. and with some of the messaging the white house has put out. so republicans -- could just be quiet and let this happen. >> but is that going to be enough? at the end of the day, people do want to be...
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to get onto the website but your colleague, democrat and supporter of the health care law, barbara mikulski said the rollout has created a crisis of confidence. are you worried that the american people have lost faith? >> no, i haven't. ultimately what matters to them is whether they can get access to affordable health care. they're angry about the website just like i am but our experience in connecticut tells us this thing is going to work. we have actually had about 8,000 people enroll, which is about ten times as many as we were expecting in the first month. and we've seen that in other states as well. so, you know, ultimately whether people are confident or not in the website, once they're able to actually get on and buy this product, which frankly they can do through a phone call right now, i think you'll see a lot of people sign up. i'm confident this thing is going to work in the end. the problems with the website notwithstanding. >> and as you have said, and everything i've read indicates things have been going well in connecticut. but here's maybe the problem. the majority of the e
to get onto the website but your colleague, democrat and supporter of the health care law, barbara mikulski said the rollout has created a crisis of confidence. are you worried that the american people have lost faith? >> no, i haven't. ultimately what matters to them is whether they can get access to affordable health care. they're angry about the website just like i am but our experience in connecticut tells us this thing is going to work. we have actually had about 8,000 people enroll,...
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and barbara mikulski are pushing amendment that would force the director of intelligence this guy james clapper to give a report to congress in which he'd have to answer a number of critical questions about n.s.a. spying activities did the n.s.a. ever use provisions under the pfizer act to warrantless collect americans communications or another one did the n.s.a. why did the supreme court in the recent case of clapper very amnesty concerning warrantless wiretapping of american citizens and exactly how has the n.s.a. used cell phone location data to track americans those sort of questions the amendment will also require the attorney general to release any top secret pfizer court rulings that show instances of the n.s.a. breaking the law violating the constitution with its spying activities advise a court in the n.s.a. have already been compelled to hand over several previously classified documents the latest document dump was monday night when a secret court order giving the n.s.a. permission to stay cooped up americans internet data was released for the first time along with a series of
and barbara mikulski are pushing amendment that would force the director of intelligence this guy james clapper to give a report to congress in which he'd have to answer a number of critical questions about n.s.a. spying activities did the n.s.a. ever use provisions under the pfizer act to warrantless collect americans communications or another one did the n.s.a. why did the supreme court in the recent case of clapper very amnesty concerning warrantless wiretapping of american citizens and...
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senator mikulski's office says the deal will be signed in greenbelt. the senator says it will enable future nasa missions and help turn research into marketable products. godard houses the largest group of scientists and engineers developing technology for space exploration. >>> we have some new video of the devastation from a fire in prince george's county. strong winds pushed the flames in clinton. as you can see here several vehicles completely devoid by the flames including a trailer, a motorcycle and one of the t t ogden drive in clinton. fire crews had trouble containing the flames because of high winds. no one was hurt, though. >>> the redskins play tonight at fedex field. you may want to pay attention to a news conference this morning about a half mile from the stadium. a local group has squoind the effort to get the skins to change the name. the coalition of prince george's county leaders and organizations says the team's name, the redskins, is offensive, disparaging, and insulting. >>> maryland republicans want you to pay less in taxes if you
senator mikulski's office says the deal will be signed in greenbelt. the senator says it will enable future nasa missions and help turn research into marketable products. godard houses the largest group of scientists and engineers developing technology for space exploration. >>> we have some new video of the devastation from a fire in prince george's county. strong winds pushed the flames in clinton. as you can see here several vehicles completely devoid by the flames including a...
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senator barbara mikulski's office says a deal will be signed today at the godard space flight center in greenbelt. it will enable future nasa missions and help turn research into marketable products. godard houses the largest group of scientists and engineers for space exploration. >>> and today you might see a new bikedistrict. ddot plans to install a lane on "m" street today running just over a mile. flexible posts will be installed to create a buffer and green paint will mark the lane. construction will take place between the morning and evening rush hours and will impact curbside parking. the lane should be ready in about four to six weeks. >>> this morning a lot of people getting ready for holiday flights. but we're learning about a new safety warning about the engines in some planes. >>> plus, the first big sign of the holidays that's arriving in d.c. today. >>> you need your warmest wednesday. i'll have new timing on that >>> this isn't what you like to hear at anytime he is peespecia during thanksgiving week. the boeing is alerting airlines to possible engine icing problems o
senator barbara mikulski's office says a deal will be signed today at the godard space flight center in greenbelt. it will enable future nasa missions and help turn research into marketable products. godard houses the largest group of scientists and engineers for space exploration. >>> and today you might see a new bikedistrict. ddot plans to install a lane on "m" street today running just over a mile. flexible posts will be installed to create a buffer and green paint will...